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Thank you so much for taking us along on your hike - the views are so beautiful!! Love the quilt and the crochet blanket. I also love purple! Xx 💞

How lovely that you and your parents get to enjoy God's creation in that way. I can't wait to see your son's quilt when it is finished. I can see why you want to have some easy projects to do while you are finishing the quilting. I'm torn between using the mauve thread and using the brown/tan with brown buttons. I think I would choose the buttons next and then choose the thread accordingly. I think a wool knit top would be invaluable for living in the mountains. We have the opposite problem in our house as my husband prefers the house to be cooler than I do so I am always bundling up. Your crocheted throw is just gorgeous! I have finished a Rhapsody top and am almost finished New Look 6601. Sewing goes so much faster for me when I'm sewing repeat patterns and don't have to fit. We did find a wonderful husband & wife team of real estate agents, but didn't find any homes that would work. My husband is very cautious about homes with water issues, but maybe something will come available in the coming months, It's just so nice to have a real estate agent who will be a good match for us. I think I am going to tackle a shirt for my son next. I'm nervous about fit, but I want to sew one anyway. I think I'm going to compare my pattern to a RTW size for comparison. My main issue is going to be figuring out how to make it tall as he's 6"3 and I don't know where to add height. I am sure there is a video for that somewhere. I have a Burda pattern but saw where the Thread Theory Fairfield is on sale. Maybe that would be a better option for me because there's likely more info on fit. I hope you have a lovely week.

Thank you for the beautiful sights and scenery on your drive and on the hike. I love every time you post these beautiful areas. I would watch Cynthia's Hiking Channel!! Your son's quilt looks so good! I would wait and get thread for the Ilford. That's just me. I always want as perfect a match as I can find and I hate to run out!! Have a great week and thank you for posting. :)

I loved the hiking footage! Your shirtdress is gorgeous, and im looking forward to seeing your jacket! The thread suggestion noted above sounds good to me; I like a finished spool, too!

We are so blessed to live where we do! Your son will love his quilt, and that crochet blanket looks so cozy! 💗

Hi Cynthia! Thank you for sharing those beautiful mountains with us-it looks like you had a nice time! I’m constantly changing because of the temperature in my house(and my age 😂) I loved your array of outfits for Sunday! Have a great week! ❤❤❤-Mary

Hi Cynthia, thank you for taking us along through the mountains; that was a lot of fun! 🥰 You can do this anytime! Your shirtdress is beautiful! It looks wonderful to wear 😊 I haven't yet worked with wool jersey, but I would looove to make a wool jersey dress! Re: thread matching.... what I do is set aside the best one for the visible stitching, and use all the rest for the bobbin and regular seams. That does involve switching out the needle thread occasionally, but I Love emptying a spool!! (a rah rah kinda happens *blush) Yours is one area of the country that my folks didn't take us camping in the summers when we were growing up, and there's never been any family - present or past. I think I mentioned the book A Walk in the Woods that I read earlier this year, and it some of the place names you mention around the parkway might be near the Appalachian Trail? I need to look up the other one you've mentioned 😉 Happy sewing and hiking. 😘

Snow coming in 4 hours...

Really enjoyed this video. Thank you. I would like a husband that made the house too hot! 🙃

Thank you so much for sharing the Blue Ridge footage to us. I'm so glad pieces of it have reopened again. What a wonderful crochet blanket, the colours are beautiful xx

What a beautiful area you live in! I love your shirt dress!

Beautiful countryside, Cynthia and I love your crochet blanket 🤩

Thanks for the review Cynthia! I love that blouse you're wearing!

The dress is beautiful and looks lovely on you! The fit looks very nice and I like the way the fabric flows. I would definitely make it again but use a different waistband application. I think the back waist is elasticized in all the views and I would probably use the flat waistband. I think it will be easier the next time you make it because you’ve already made it once and you know how it fits and you can make the construction according to your sewing expertise . Thanks for your excellent evaluation and suggestions for making this beautiful dress.

Thanks for the intro. Will take a look tomorrow when more awake. One has to be so skinny to wear a dress. I'm 145.lbs and 5'7" and think I'd have to drop 20 lbs to wear a dress. I've not worn a dress or skirt in over 20 years. I wear pants, only pants. And they have to have a close made to measure look. I like bateau neck tops with 3/4 sleeves. And everything has to have an exact fit in great fabric. I expect my clothes to last for 10 years at minimum and 30 years is better. And that's the other concern, fabric quality is so inferior to the choices we had 10-15 years ago.

I think the dress is beautiful on you. I don't envy you having to make and pull the elastic through that waistband though. Would it be possible to use narrower elastic in the lower channel or in all the channels really? I've made waistbands like that before and they don't leave enough ease so that it requires total precision sewing to get all the channels large enough to work; that's what made me think a narrower elastic might help. Maybe it would be better to narrow the entire waistband (requiring fewer channels for elastic) and add that length you removed from the waistband to the bodice or skirt depending on where you want the elastic to be positioned. I think you got the right combination of pattern and fabric, it's just a shame that you had so much difficulty with the elastic. You get such a great fit with the Atelier Jupe patterns; I hope this doesn't discourage you from continuing to use them. For some good news, our leak has been fixed and the contractor is too busy to work on repairs now. They haven't given us any time frame. I am hoping and praying that God sends us a wonderful realtor in the meantime and we can find something to buy. We have not been blessed with good realtors since we moved to North Carolina. Our first one was totally new and made every mistake in the book with us. We ended up buying land, but then with all my spinal surgeries didn't end up building and sold the land when we moved. The last one we tried to use thought we were going to buy her uncle's house and when we didn't (major water issues) she lost interest in us. We're looking again and have found a few potential homes!! Hopefully we can find an agent and start looking next week. Thank you Cynthia for your prayers. God answered them generously! My tie front top wasn't what I'd envisioned. The ties overpowered the top and just looked off. My husband suggested removing them and I covered some buttons and made loops. It's nice, but I don't think it's going to be a favorite. I'm sewing foldable shopping bags now. Treadling is easier when I sew straight seams so this seemed like the perfect project. I am keeping all of you in my prayers. A lady at Home Depot was helping us get a tool my husband wanted shared with us that she had just come back from working with Samaritan's Purse. She and a group from her church were mudding out homes! It felt like a confirmation from the Lord to keep giving there. It gave me such peace, Even though I know the situation is dire for so many it made me see God is in control. That's sometimes hard to see when you're in the midst of it, but He is more than able to provide through His supernatural means. Please take care of yourself.

Having seen this dress on you at Frocktails I can say it was absolutely lovely on you.

I haven’t made this dress yet, but I do want to try it out with the flat front. I fell in love with Atelia Jupe patterns when I made their Zoey blouse pattern last Spring. It became my favorite blouse pattern. The sleeves are amazing! It was frustrating at first getting my head around working in centimeters, but once I did, it went much more smoothly. I didn’t convert to inches, just took measurements in cm and marked seam lines on my machine with washi tape. It was well worth the extra effort. Your Alana dress looks beautiful on you, Cynthia! If you make it again, will you consider the flat front waistband? I find that my bloating is less noticeable when I don’t use elastic in the front. You might like it, too. Happy sewing! 😘

Hi Cynthia. The Alana Dress is so beautiful…. You always look amazing. I appreciate the details of the pattern as I’ve never used one of the AJ patterns. ❤Diann

I thought you looked lovely in your dress. The color and fit were flattering.

You did a beautiful job with that blouse Cynthia...especially a Style Arc pattern...something I may never be ready for. Looks so professional and pretty on you. xx Karen

You are so insightful. Thank you for sharing your thoughts. I love the pink paisley!

You’re such a thoughtful person, Cynthia. I have seen many blessings come from trauma and tragedy, especially through the hurricane. As tough as things may be sometimes, people respond and come through for their communities and others, too. I listened to a podcast yesterday that emphasized ‘God, what lessons should I learn from this?’ rather than asking Why. Your Donny shirt is beautiful in the Atelia Jupe fabric. 😘

Very insightful blog Cynthia. It’s great that communities have come together in their shared experiences to rally together .

Hi Cynthia, it was so lovely to spend time with you, your Donnie shirt came up so nice! I love the fabric you got for your Applica sews pattern. I am so glad you were able to meet with all your sewing friends! Everyone you mentioned are just so lovely. I so agree with you, it ia awesome how community grew from the sadness.

Hi Cynthia! Great to see you! Izzy is a great person to get quilting advice and suggestions from. I'm so glad you enjoyed Frocktails.

Let me know if you’ll be going to Frocktails again. I’d love to come down and meet all of you.

Your Donny is so pretty

Hi Cynthia. It’s SO good to see you. The Donny shirt is beautiful. I don’t have the pattern but, I need to purchase it. The paisley fabric is so lovely. The Phoebe dress will be perfect. Thank you so much to you and your family! I can’t tell you how much the support has helped. I am so grateful. This disaster has had many blessings sprinkled in… the kindness of friends and strangers have been one of the biggest. I agree that we were created to be in fellowship with one another as with God. Love and hugs! Diann ❤

So fun, Cynthia! Missed you! 💗

Hi Cynthia! I'm so glad we got to meet you at Frocktails! I love that fabric you bought from Beyond the Pink Door. It's absolutely beautiful! I agree with you, and my husband and I always say, people are naturally social. That's the main reason I quit my work from home job and took a part time office job. I needed to interact with people. Plus it gives me a reason to sew clothes to wear to the office! Happy sewing!!

Lovely vlog Cynthia and beautiful sentiments 🥰

I’m so glad you were able to go and meet so many other people who love sewing. I love your dress; that color looks so nice on you. I’m looking forward to hearing all the details. Your Donny shirt is lovely as well. I just love wearing viscose/rayon, and I’m assuming the Atelier Jupe fabric must feel like you’re wearing silk. I am so happy you felt like sewing, and that Donny shirt is such a success! I never got back about donating, but my husband had already given to Samaritan’s Purse. We’ll still do something in Avery but at the moment we are dealing with issues. We finally finished the treadle (!!!) and moved my Grandmother’s chiffonier to another room to make room for the treadle. The chiffonier has been there over 8 years and we were shocked to find some mold on the baseboard and the wood flooring under the baseboard is compromised. That wall backs up to both bathrooms so we probably have a leak in the wall. Beside the chiffonier was a shelving unit filled with sewing notions, patterns, threads, etc. All that has had to be relocated so the wall can be removed to fix it. The plumber comes tomorrow so we’ll know more then. The great news is that I can actually treadle and love, love, love sewing on it. It is a bit of a learning curve but so much fun. My tie front shirt is almost complete. Hopefully, the treadle will be moved to the living room and l can just sew in there until repairs are completed. It’s pretty quiet unless I treadle really fast. I’ve been praying for every one of you who’ve been affected. I’ve seen enough to know that building back is going to take a long, long time and prayers and resources will be needed. I just feel so grateful that everyone I know is safe. One of our friends was without power for 13 days, but she was able to stay with a relative. I know many people weren’t so blessed, so I will keep praying. I suspect going to Frocktails was such a good idea for you because when you are keeping yourself centered and upbeat, you will be a blessing to those around you. Please take care of yourself Cynthia and know that others are keeping you in our prayers.

So glad that you got there and enjoyed yourself. Thank you for sharing . Looking forward to seeing your pattern review. The dress looks fab on you

Your face lights up as you talk about how much fun you had! I’m so happy you had such a great time and shared it with us! Your dress was beautiful

❤ sending prayers for your area, so sad watching the devastation.

It was so nice to get to meet you in person and I’m with you - I really hope we get to do this again!! Xx

Hi Cynthia! It was sooo lovely meeting you at Charlotte Frocktails! We are so happy you had a great time. Sewing friends are THE best! 😘

Cynthia it was so nice to be able to share time with you at Frocktails. I have ordered the Blaire top pattern from Style Arc. I never would have picked up on how that is made if you hadn’t worn it to brunch. You sew beautifully!!!

It was an amazing experience 💕

Loved hearing about the event. Looks like a lot of fun. Can’t wait to hear all about your dress.

Looks like you had a lot of fun!

Looks like you had a lot of fun,

Hi Cynthia. Thank you for sharing photos of your weekend. You looked lovely. I love the wristlet you made too. ❤ Diann

Sounds like a marvellous time was had by all. You looked so pretty in your dress (and I love your new Donny too!). Thanks so much for sharing your experience ❤x

So happy you got to go! Good times…your dress and wristlet are beautiful and you looked so beautiful in the pictures! Happy Sewing!

Hi Cynthia! I'm first here and I'm excited to hear about frocktails!🎉❤🎉

I found your channel through Diann @silverthreads. Thank you for updating people about the recovery. I have been praying for all of you who have been affected. All your fabric is gorgeous and I pray that God will give you back your sewjo soon. 🙏🩵🙏🩷

Definitely will be praying for all of those affected by Helene and Milton!

So many Americans are sad with you all who ar3 affected by Helene and now Milton. We have cried with you and donated to Samaritan’s purse to help you all recover.